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Education crossing borders :how Singapore and MIT created a new university
"The book chronicles the history of the collaborative partnership between MIT and the Singapore Ministry of Education to create the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), the country's fourth public university. Fisher describes how MIT faculty communicated the practices and identity of the Institute as they developed and executed the vision for SUTD, and how local actors at the u…
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- 0262358697
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The digital multinational :navigating the new normal in global business
"A practical guide for business leaders for creating strategy that addresses the conflict between globalization made possible by digital technology and regionalization found on the ground"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262367547
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- 1 online resource.
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A world trading system for the twenty-first century
"A book in the Ohlin Lectures series on trade agreements"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262371308
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- 1 online resource.
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Creative Destruction: Business Survival Strategies in the Global Internet Eco…
A collection of 12 papers which "grew out of a March 1999 symposium held at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. "Creative Destruction -- or Just Destruction? Telecoms in Transition: Survival and Success in the Global Internet Economy" was co-sponsored by the Fletcher School's Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, the Fletcher School's Edward R. Murrow …
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- 9780262276788
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- 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) :illustrations
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Paths to a green world :the political economy of the global environment
This comprehensive and accessible text fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways key economic processes affect environmental outcomes. It examines the main actors and forces shaping global environmental management, particularly in the developing world. Moving beyond the usual academic emphasis on international agreements and institutions,…
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- 9780262270403
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) :illustrations
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Indra's net and the Midas touch :living sustainably in a connected world
An exploration of the impact of unintended consequences in an interdependent world and of the opportunities for creativity and community.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298858
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- 1 online resource (ix, 330 pages) :illustrations
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The Decline of the Welfare State: Demography and Globalization
An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrialized economies.In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare…
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- 9780262282147
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- 1 online resource (viii, 133 pages) :illustrations.
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Democracy's dilemma: environment, social equity, and the global economy
A call for a balancing of economic, environmental, and social concerns in the age of global economic integration.The realities of global economic integration are far more complex than many of its supporters or detractors acknowledge. One consequence of simplistic thinking about globalization, claims Robert Paehlke, is that we tend to focus on economic prosperity to the neglect of such other imp…
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- 9780262281164
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- 1 online resource (ix, 306 pages)
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Illicit Trade and the Global Economy
Economists explore the relationship between expanding international trade and the parallel growth in illicit trade, including illegal drugs, smuggling, and organized crime.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262298686
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- 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) :illustrations.
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Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injus…
Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295680
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- 1 online resource (vi, 303 pages) :illustrations, map.
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